B&W or greyscale copier needed

[Ron H]

Wrong forum maybe, but it seems a likely one for this topic.

Copier will be used in a church to make bulletins, around 5,000 per month.

Legal and 8x11, duplex printing, 16-20 pages/minute with USB needed.

Primary importance is lack of maintenance, not quality.

Suggestions?

[Ron H]

That post has already been reported! It is not an ad, I am seeking information. Since many FFF builders use these devices, I posted here.

[ImaBiggles]

hey while your at it, Im looking for a decent pair of sandles in size 15 for <$30. I know folks here use footwear when they are out on the fly field so Im posting here too.

Just kidding - your best bet is to get a high capacity all in one printer/copier from Office Max. like this: http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?expansionOID=-536907389&prodBlockOID=1611502227: Else use Kinkos.

It is a goofy thing to post in a scrach build foamies forum though . . . :D

[62pilot]

This might be best in the Off Topic Forum.........


Tom

[Ron H]

It is a goofy thing to post in a scrach build foamies forum though . . . :D

How dow plans get from head to foam?

[JasonJones]

How dow plans get from head to foam?

Computer?

Hand drawn?

Ruler + Blade?


It would be an interesting feat to put your head on the copier and plans came out of the dump tray! ... Although, I think gpw has so many plans in his head that it might just work!! :eek: :D

Jason...

[Salter]

You're best bet is to get companies in their to demo their products. I have worked with many. Get at least 3 different competitive quotes and they will all tell you your exact cost per copy so it will be an easy choice. Many companies including churches lease copiers instead of purchasing them. If they don't lease them they still usually have a maintenance program so that there isn't a large unexpected cost. I have used Kyocera, Xerox, Okidata, and Ricoh. All of them have similar products that can do what you are talking about. 5,000 copies just for bulletins. That's a decent size church. Are you sure they aren't going to do any other copying on this machine? It might make more sense to replace whatever it is they have there with one really good machine that can receive faxes, scan documents to e-mail, print on the workgroup or domain for all machines etc. If I remember correctly my church purchased a Panasonic DP 3030 which is probably around 3k new but they got it as a lease. It seems to be a good machine but because I wasn't involved with the purchase I can't tell you the useful details or if it was a good deal. If I were you I wouldn't waste my time here with us. We are probably going to give you mostly outdated information and in the end the support that you have in your town for that specific copier is one of the most important things in a decision.

Also, if the only thing you are going to do is print bulletins you might want to get a quote from local printers or even talk to "Trevetts Mailing Service." They are out of Columbia which is pretty close and they have very competitive rates for this kind of thing. Our church was without a copier for some time and we used them many sundays and I honestly think the price was the same or less. However, since we needed to do other printing in the office we just purchased a copier that could handle all of our jobs. But we still use them for tons of things like printing the church directories, fliers, I use them with a discipleship group called Salt with about $100 people and they print off books on an as need basis which is pretty cool. Most printers require a pretty large up front purchase of 500 or more but they have never required that.

Anyway, good luck!!
Salter

[ImaBiggles]

How dow plans get from head to foam?
True, Ive had my cranial USB jack installed over 5 years ago. Unfortunately it is only USB 1.1 - wished I would have waited for the USB 2.0 technology before the surgery.